1973 NL Game: Cin. @ SF

 April 14, 1973

  The Cincinnati Reds have won 2 in a row now after a slow start on the season. Johnny Bench led the way for the Reds in their 9-6 victory over San Francisco Giants today. Bench blasted 2 homeruns and had 6 RBI in the game.

Event Codes:  G
BOXSCORE: 1973 Cincinnati Reds At 1973 San Francisco Giants         4/14/1973
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Rose LF           5  2  4  0 .457     B.Bonds RF          4  1  1  3 .132  
  J.Morgan 2B         4  2  3  0 .438     T.Fuentes 2B        4  0  1  2 .324  
  B.Tolan RF          5  1  2  1 .229     C.Speier SS         4  0  0  0 .162  
  J.Bench C           5  2  2  6 .182     W.McCovey 1B        5  0  1  1 .241  
  T.Perez 1B          4  1  3  1 .300     E.Goodson 3B        4  0  1  0 .375  
  C.Geronimo CF       5  1  1  0 .250     G.Maddox CF         4  0  0  0 .212  
  D.Chaney SS         4  0  0  0 .143     G.Thomasson LF      4  1  2  0 .333  
  C.Carroll P         0  0  0  0 ----     D.Rader C           3  3  2  0 .258  
  D.Menke 3B          4  0  0  1 .150     J.Barr P            1  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Nelson P          4  0  0  0 .000   A-J.Howarth PH        1  0  0  0 .250  
B-D.Concepcion SS     0  0  0  0 .294     R.Moffitt P         0  0  0  0 .500  
                                        C-D.Kingman PH        0  1  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  9 15  9                 Totals      34  6  8  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Barr In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Nelson In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Moffitt In 9th Inning
 
Reds............ 3 0 3  0 2 1  0 0 0  -  9 15  1
Giants.......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  2 0 3  -  6  8  1
 
Reds (3-5)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Nelson WIN(1-1)         8       5   3   3   3   3   1   9.31
C.Carroll                 1       3   3   3   1   0   0  15.43
Totals                    9       8   6   6   4   3   1
 
Giants (4-5)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Barr LOSS(0-1)          7      13   9   9   3   3   3  11.57
R.Moffitt                 2       2   0   0   1   3   0   1.42
Totals                    9      15   9   9   4   6   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,212 DATE- Saturday, April 14th 1973 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 8  Giants: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1  Giants: 3
ERRORS- P.Rose, B.Bonds
DOUBLES- J.Morgan(4th), B.Tolan(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Bench-2(2nd), T.Perez(1st), B.Bonds(2nd)
RBIs- B.Tolan(5th), J.Bench-6(11th), T.Perez(2nd), D.Menke(2nd), B.Bonds-3(4th),
      T.Fuentes-2(4th), W.McCovey(9th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Tolan(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Barr
WALKS- J.Morgan, T.Perez, D.Chaney, D.Menke, B.Bonds, C.Speier, E.Goodson,
       D.Rader
HIT BY PITCH- T.Fuentes, D.Kingman
STRIKE OUTS- B.Tolan, J.Bench, C.Geronimo, D.Chaney, D.Menke, R.Nelson,
             W.McCovey, E.Goodson, G.Thomasson
GIDP- B.Tolan, C.Geronimo, D.Chaney, G.Maddox
WILD PITCHES- J.Barr-2, R.Moffitt
2-out RBI- T.Fuentes, B.Bonds-2, W.McCovey
RLISP 2-out- E.Goodson-3, P.Rose, B.Tolan, R.Nelson, T.Perez, J.Bench, D.Menke
TEAM RISP- Reds: 3 for 15  Giants: 2 for 7
 
Johnny Bench ripped 2 homeruns and had 6 RBI as the Cincinnati Reds defeated
the San Francisco Giants by a score of 9 to 6 at Candlestick Park.
 
Bench was a source of great heartache for the San Francisco faithful all day.
He just kept pounding out hits! He bombed a two-run dinger in the 1st inning
and belted a three-run homer in the 3rd inning.  San Francisco tried
unsuccessfully to come back in the 9th.  
 
The win was credited to Roger Nelson(1-1) who went 8 innings allowing 3 runs.
Jim Barr(0-1) was the loser.  He surrended 3 homeruns in his 7 innings.